Dough-molding machine.



P. STORME.

DOUGH MOLDING MACHINE.

APPLICATION FILED MAY 20,1911.

Patented Feb. 27, 1912.

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' WITNESSES:

' UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.-

PETER STORME, 0F GREFELD, GERMANY, ASSIGNOR TO THE FIRM 0F HENGLER & CRONEMEYER, OF CREFELD, GERMANY.

DOUGH-MOLDING MACHINE.

form part of the molds and which are thrust outward as the cylinder revolves.

According to the present invention, which consists in a machine of the kind, the plungers are so constructed and arranged as to act on the forward end of the mold figure only, a soft brush roller, such as used in connection with other kinds of dough molding machines, being employed for engaging the thus projected forward end of the dough figure and strip the same off the cylinder. In this manner the ornamentations of the dough figures are not soliable to be clamaged as is ordinarily the case.

The invention is illustrated by way of example in the accompanying drawing by a sectional side view of the arrangement.

A cylinder a is fitted on its outer surface with molds 0 into which, while the elements are rotated in the direction of the arrows, dough is pressed by a roller 2'. At the forward end of each mold c a radially arranged plunger f is provided which normally forms part of the mold and which can be adjusted in longitudinal direction. The plungers may be made sufficiently heavy for adjusting themselves by their own gravity as their Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed May 26, 1911.

Patented Feb. 27, 1912.

Serial No. 629,659.

position is altered owing to the rotation of the cylinder, or they may be actuated by weighted levers g pivoted at 70 in the interior of the cylinder. Dough Z is pressed into the molds 0 as the cylinder rotates, and as the filled molds descend on the cylinder the plunger-s f are gradually thrust outward by the weight of the levers g, the front end of the dough figures being thereby project ed as shown in the lower part of the illustration. A brush roller 7b, which rotates in the direction of the arrow, engages the projected part of the figure and strips the whole figure from the cylinder. A traveling apron 6 receives the figures and transports them away from the machine.

The brush roller is made very soft so as not to damage the ornamentation of the dough figures. Instead of a brush roller, one made of other suitable material, such as soft rubber with or without ribs, felt, or the like, may be employed.

I claim In a dough molding machine of the character described, the combination with a 1'0- tating cylinder having on its surface orna mental molds for the reception of the dough, and with a soft brush roller for stripping the dough figures ofi the cylinder, of a radially disposed plunger arranged at the forward end of each mold, and a pivoted lever connected to said plunger so as to act thereon by its weight as the cylinder revolves and so to press the end of the dough figure into engagement with said brush roller, substantially as set forth.

PETER STORME. Witnesses:

HENRY QUADFLIEG, ELISE KALBUsoH.

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